# Cyber Company Profiles: Manifold Security

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## At a Glance

- Website: [manifold.security](https://manifold.security)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/manifold-security
- Type: Security for AI, Detection Response, Endpoint Security
- Also known as: Manifold
- Market readiness: Emerging (23/40)
- Defensibility: Exposed (11/21)
- Founded: 2025
- Funding: $8M total
- Last updated: 2026-07-15

This analysis draws mostly on the vendor's own published materials, with limited outside corroboration.

## Executive Summary

Manifold Security sells a monitoring platform that watches what AI agents do on employee computers. Its founders created LLM Guard, an open-source firewall for AI models, before starting Manifold in 2025. The company raised an $8 million seed round led by Costanoa Ventures in March 2026. Manifold has built the apparatus of an enterprise vendor before showing public proof that anyone buys: its trust center lists a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation and two March 2026 penetration tests, and it runs Manifest, a free public index that rates AI agent components for risk. Yet no production customer appears in the public record, and the careers page lists no open role. Watch whether Manifold names reference customers before endpoint security incumbents extend their own sensors to agent behavior.

## Contents

- [Executive Summary](#executive-summary)
- [Sourced Details](#sourced-details)
- [Matrix Coverage](#matrix-coverage)
- [Market Readiness](#market-readiness)
- [Strategy Deep Dive](#strategy-deep-dive)
- [Sources](#sources)
- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)

## Sourced Details

| Detail | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Manifold Security provides an agentic AI detection and response (AIDR) platform that watches what AI agents do on endpoints at runtime, maps the MCP servers and tools they call, and detects and responds to risky agent actions. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2025 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | California, United States | [\[f3\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Funding | $8M total | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Latest funding | Seed, $8M (March 2026) | [\[f4\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Manifold | Agentless AIDR platform that discovers AI agents on endpoints, maps the MCP servers and tools they call, and detects and responds to anomalous agent actions at runtime. |
| [Manifest](https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/manifest) | Free AI supply chain intelligence service that scores skills, plugins, extensions, and MCP servers for risk, mapping what each component does and where it sits in the ecosystem. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [AI Defense Matrix](https://aidefensematrix.com) [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources):

| Asset | Govern | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Agent Identities |  | ✓ |  | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| AI Orchestration Tools |  | ✓ |  | ✓ |  |  |

Manifold discovers the AI agents on endpoints, monitors their runtime behavior, and helps security teams detect and respond to risky agent actions. Manifest scores the skills, plugins, and MCP servers agents load. These capabilities are mapped to the AI Defense Matrix.

## Market Readiness

How well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence.

**Emerging (23/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-03. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 |
| Capability Depth | 3/5 |
| Market Timing | 3/5 |
| Team Credibility | 4/5 |
| GTM Proof | 2/5 |
| Funding Efficiency | 3/5 |
| Category Clarity | 3/5 |
| Incumbent Defensibility | 2/5 |

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## Strategy Deep Dive

A closer look at the company's product strategy, measuring how [defensible](https://zeltser.com/scoring-security-product-strategy) it is against market forces and examining the [eight areas](https://zeltser.com/security-product-creation-framework) behind it.

### Defensibility

**Exposed (11/21)**

Band guidance: pivot urgently. Analyzed 2026-07-15. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Value Delivery | 1/3 |
| Switching Cost | 1/3 |
| Compliance Moat | 1/3 |
| Problem Complexity | 3/3 |
| Buyer Profile | 2/3 |
| Layer | 2/3 |
| Proprietary Data, Content, or IP | 1/3 |

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## Sources

### Company Detail Sources

Cited from the Sourced Details and Matrix Coverage rows.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | [Manifold homepage: Runtime Security for AI Agents on Endpoints](https://manifold.security/) | official | 2026-07-03 |
| f2 | [SecurityWeek: Manifold Raises $8 Million for AI Detection and Response (March 18, 2026)](https://www.securityweek.com/manifold-raises-8-million-for-ai-detection-and-response/) | press | 2026-07-03 |
| f3 | [Manifold press release (San Diego dateline; SecurityWeek says California-based): Manifold Raises $8M to Secure AI Agents on Endpoints](https://www.manifold.security/blog/manifold-raises-8m-seed-funding) | official | 2026-07-03 |
| f4 | [SiliconANGLE: Manifold raises $8M to secure autonomous AI agents on enterprise endpoints (March 18, 2026)](https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/18/manifold-raises-8m-secure-autonomous-ai-agents-enterprise-endpoints/) | press | 2026-07-03 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Manifold homepage: Runtime Security for AI Agents on Endpoints (Discovery, Detection and Response, Risk and Exposure)](https://manifold.security/) “Agentless and deployed in minutes, Manifold reveals and protects what agents do, not what they say. Total runtime visibility, across every endpoint and first party application.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s2 | [Manifold about page: Our Story and team roster (Neal Swaelens CEO, Oleksandr Yaremchuk CTO, Michael McKenna CRO)](https://www.manifold.security/about) “Our founders created LLM Guard: the most widely adopted open-source LLM firewall in existence. Then took it to market, securing AI deployments across Fortune 500 enterprises at scale.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s3 | [Manifold press release: Manifold Raises $8M to Secure AI Agents on Endpoints (March 18, 2026, San Diego dateline)](https://www.manifold.security/blog/manifold-raises-8m-seed-funding) “today announced the close of an $8 million seed funding round. Costanoa Ventures led the round with participation from Cherry Ventures, Rain Capital and Modern Technical Fund, and notable angel investors including former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan, and former Google DeepMind CISO Vijay Bolina.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s4 | [SecurityWeek (Ionut Arghire): Manifold Raises $8 Million for AI Detection and Response (March 18, 2026, seed led by Costanoa Ventures)](https://www.securityweek.com/manifold-raises-8-million-for-ai-detection-and-response/) “Founded in 2025, California-based Manifold has built an agentic AI Detection and Response (AIDR) platform that provides runtime visibility into agents' activities.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s5 | [SiliconANGLE (Duncan Riley): Manifold raises $8M to secure autonomous AI agents on enterprise endpoints (March 18, 2026)](https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/18/manifold-raises-8m-secure-autonomous-ai-agents-enterprise-endpoints/) “founded by Neal Swaelens, Oleksandr Yaremchuk and Michael McKenna, who formerly worked on AI security technologies, including the LLM Guard project developed at Laiyer AI. Following Laiyer AI's acquisition by Protect AI Inc. in January 2024” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s6 | [Manifold Security Trust Center (trust.manifold.security, agent-browser render, 2026-07-03)](https://trust.manifold.security/) “Manifold SOC 2 Type 1 External Network Penetration Test (March 2026) Wep App and API Penetration Test (March 2026)” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s7 | [Manifold blog: Introducing Manifest, Supply Chain Intelligence for the AI Agent Ecosystem (April 14, 2026)](https://www.manifold.security/blog/manifest-ai-supply-chain-intelligence) “The SKILL.md standard, introduced by Anthropic in 2025, created a portable format for agent instructions that works across Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, Codex, and dozens of other agents.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s8 | [Manifest (manifest.manifold.security): AI Supply Chain Intelligence by Manifold, live intelligence index](https://manifest.manifold.security) “We uncover risks in any AI component your employees rely on, skills, plugins, extensions, MCP servers, and more.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s9 | [Manifold careers page: current vacancies (accessed 2026-07-03)](https://www.manifold.security/careers) “Whilst we have no immediate vacancies, we're always on the lookout for exceptional talent and grit.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s10 | [Manifold privacy policy (last updated April 29, 2026): Manifold Security, Inc. legal entity](https://www.manifold.security/privacy) “For matters related to data protection in the European Economic Area, you may also write to our Data Protection Officer at: Manifold Security, Inc. Data Protection Officer Heidestrasse 34 Berlin, 10557 Germany” | official | 2026-07-03 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Manifold homepage: Runtime Security for AI Agents on Endpoints (Discovery, Detection and Response, Risk and Exposure)](https://manifold.security/) “Agentless and deployed in minutes, Manifold reveals and protects what agents do, not what they say. Total runtime visibility, across every endpoint and first party application.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s2 | [Manifold about page: Our Story and team roster (Neal Swaelens CEO, Oleksandr Yaremchuk CTO, Michael McKenna CRO)](https://www.manifold.security/about) “Our founders created LLM Guard: the most widely adopted open-source LLM firewall in existence. Then took it to market, securing AI deployments across Fortune 500 enterprises at scale.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s3 | [Manifold press release: Manifold Raises $8M to Secure AI Agents on Endpoints (March 18, 2026, San Diego dateline)](https://www.manifold.security/blog/manifold-raises-8m-seed-funding) “today announced the close of an $8 million seed funding round. Costanoa Ventures led the round with participation from Cherry Ventures, Rain Capital and Modern Technical Fund, and notable angel investors including former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan, and former Google DeepMind CISO Vijay Bolina.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s4 | [SecurityWeek (Ionut Arghire): Manifold Raises $8 Million for AI Detection and Response (March 18, 2026, seed led by Costanoa Ventures)](https://www.securityweek.com/manifold-raises-8-million-for-ai-detection-and-response/) “Founded in 2025, California-based Manifold has built an agentic AI Detection and Response (AIDR) platform that provides runtime visibility into agents' activities.” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s5 | [SiliconANGLE (Duncan Riley): Manifold raises $8M to secure autonomous AI agents on enterprise endpoints (March 18, 2026)](https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/18/manifold-raises-8m-secure-autonomous-ai-agents-enterprise-endpoints/) “founded by Neal Swaelens, Oleksandr Yaremchuk and Michael McKenna, who formerly worked on AI security technologies, including the LLM Guard project developed at Laiyer AI. Following Laiyer AI's acquisition by Protect AI Inc. in January 2024” | press | 2026-07-03 |
| s6 | [Manifold Security Trust Center (trust.manifold.security, agent-browser render, 2026-07-03)](https://trust.manifold.security/) “Manifold SOC 2 Type 1 External Network Penetration Test (March 2026) Wep App and API Penetration Test (March 2026)” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s7 | [Manifold blog: Introducing Manifest, Supply Chain Intelligence for the AI Agent Ecosystem (April 14, 2026)](https://www.manifold.security/blog/manifest-ai-supply-chain-intelligence) “The SKILL.md standard, introduced by Anthropic in 2025, created a portable format for agent instructions that works across Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, Codex, and dozens of other agents.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s8 | [Manifest (manifest.manifold.security): AI Supply Chain Intelligence by Manifold, live intelligence index](https://manifest.manifold.security) “We uncover risks in any AI component your employees rely on, skills, plugins, extensions, MCP servers, and more.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s9 | [Manifold careers page: current vacancies (accessed 2026-07-03)](https://www.manifold.security/careers) “Whilst we have no immediate vacancies, we're always on the lookout for exceptional talent and grit.” | official | 2026-07-03 |
| s10 | [Manifold privacy policy (last updated April 29, 2026): Manifold Security, Inc. legal entity](https://www.manifold.security/privacy) “For matters related to data protection in the European Economic Area, you may also write to our Data Protection Officer at: Manifold Security, Inc. Data Protection Officer Heidestrasse 34 Berlin, 10557 Germany” | official | 2026-07-03 |

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